Reading a Dial Indicator

This is a short video explaining how to read a dial indicator and describing its parts

[@ChrisLawley43]

Being a visual guy this helped me a ton, some of these videos get to dam in-depth, I just need a stupid simple video so I can figure out what shims I need for a pinion. Thank you

[@phoebeplayz8381]

Thank you this is way simple to understand!

[@cesarvargas7736]

I finally found you great teaching!!

[@Allgirlsdad4life]

That was great! Thank you so much!

[@thomasalexander1851]

[Genuine Question] 0.1000 = 1 Tenth of an Inch. 0.0100 = 1 Hundredth of an Inch. 0.0010 = 1 Thousandth of an Inch. How come 0.045 is 45 "thousandths" if the "4" is in the hundredths place?

[@ttcautotech]

Since the 4 is in the hundredths place in the following numbers, they are all equal. It doesn't matter how many zeros we add, the actual amount of the number will not change. They are all equal amounts: .04 .040 .0400 Even though these numbers are all equal amounts, they have differing amounts of numerals past the decimal. We add more decimal places when we want to be more precise about our measurement. The number of decimal places determine how we would say each number. .04 = 4 hundredths .040 = 40 thousandths .0400 = 400 ten thousandths It really boils down to how precise of a measure you are describing. If its not that precise, I would write it as .04 or say it as "4 hundredths." If I'm talking about a really precise measurement on an important piece of equipment for a satellite, I would write it as .0400 and say it as "400 hundred ten-thousandths." The more decimals we add the more precise the measurement. In your question, the 4 is in the hundredths, but we are looking at the total number of decimal places. In this case there are there are three (tenths, hundreths, THOUSANDTHs) so we use the last decimal place to describe the number.

[@skythetimelord]

how would i read in millimeters?

[@Flightdevildoc]

@@ttcautotech Excellent question and explanation. It may be basic but this is so important to explain as after seen so many other videos, for example, the narrator mentioned 0.15 as 15 hundredths of an inch, but later on said 150 thousandth of an inch, which is 0.150, both are the same except that the latter is for more precise, but that was never explained, except here. Thank you so much. Again, kudos to @thomasalexander1851 for asking the question that most of us had and for @ttcautotech for answering it so clear and eloquently. This is what is called real teaching and learning. Maybe we should have a short video that go over this to further help understanding such basic nomenclature.

[@nagavenihnagavenih2631]

Super, Super class

[@lucasdinoplayshow594]

Good Stuff!

[@RockyRoad650]

1 small line to the next small line value is 10 thousand.. What to call this small line..what its nme..

[@Emangia]

Thank you! Better impossible...

[@jmhernandez301]

Thank you

[@kgucmen]

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[@jamshediqbal712]

How to read 0.55 thank you